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PATENTED JULY 7, 1908.

F. O. HAYES. FILE. APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 0, 1901.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, 1908.

Application filed November 6, 1907. Serial No. 401,041.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FAY O. HAYES, of the village of Altamont, Albany county, New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in files and manner and style of keeping account of sales, debit and credit, and other business memoranda of merchants, millers, contractors, and other business transactions, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved file for bills, accounts and such like papers used by merchants and dealers and others handling various sorts of goods, one object to be gained to cut short much bookkeeping and rewriting of bills and much clerical work and in kee ing the bills where at a mere glance the tota amount due can be ascertained without removing the whole bill from the file at a loss of more or less time.

In the drawing Figure 1 shows a front end View of my file with the drawers removed showing the interior construction in part, Fig. 2 a plan View of one of the drawers, Fig. 3 a face view of the bill carrier, Fig. 4 an edge View of the bill carrier showing its construction, Fig. 5 a plan view of one of the bill carriers enlar ed to show the manner in which the bil is carried and the portion thereof visible when in thefile and Fig. 6 a form of a bill adapted to the file showing the bill of a supposititious customer, Smith, A. J. showing his whole bill made up of one days trading with the amount forward added to it leaving a total of $13.00 visible at the downward right hand corner of that much of the exposed bill as is left visible by the construction of the file.

The numeral ashows the casing of the file, and b' the stringers for the drawers at the front end of the casing. c represent spring wires affixed to said stringers or to some other convenient portion of the device and as they run backward to the rear of the casing they spring downward and rest upon the top surface of the bill carrier in its com artment inthe drawer and prevents the eaves from opening and allowing the bills to spill out even if the casing be turned bottom side up.

f shows the partitions forming the spaces into which the drawer is divided.

eshows the openings in the rear of the drawer to accommodate the ends of the wires c.

While but one drawer is shown the casing will accommodate 5 drawers.

-g shows one of the bill carriers and the drawing shows it to be made of thin material like card board and in Fig 4 it is seen to be put in shape by bendin the card board over upon itself forming a loop and several of these loo s are cemented together as shown at -L in Fig. 4 their loose ends overlapping each other and carrying a name plate 'iwhich is adapted to hold the name as a person or thing as may be desired, as seen in Fig. 5 where the name Smith, A. J. is seen so carried. The bill carriers g lie in the compartments of the drawers as seen at Fig. 2 and can be taken from and replaced therein as may be desired. The drawers are indexed for convenience or have on them such letters of the alphabet as may seem desirable. All the bills made out to Smith, A. J. would be kept in the one carrier, the top bill showing the total of all or such other lnformation as might be desirable to be seen at a glance. The name holders 'L are strips of metal folded over and riveted or otherwise fastened to the bill holders as seen at Fig. 4 and a small card is slipped into the name holder with the name written upon it.

Having now described my invention so that those skilled in the art to which it appertains may know how to make and use the same what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A file consisting of a casing havin movable drawer like receptacles, and holders in said receptacles, said holders consisting of suitable material in strip like form folded over on itself, the top or exposed fold being movable and forming the cover of the holder, a plurality of said holders being attached together forming a succession of holders and having means whereby the contents of each device will, when the drawers are closed eX- holder is at least partially visible substanert a closing pressure on the holders substan tially as described. tially as described.

2. A file consisting of a casing having mov- In testimony whereof I have affixed my 5 able drawer like receptacles and holders in signature this 24th day of October, 1907, in 15 said receptacles and a resilient device enterthe presence of two witnesses. in said receptacle and pressing upon said FAY O. HAYES.

I holders said holders being slidable under the Witnesses:

resilient device when the drawers are opened IsAAO S. BECKER,

10 and closed and arranged so that the resilient CHARLES HILTS. 

